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Growing Stevia In Greenhouse
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Added: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:39:05 -0400
Category: Greenhouse
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Growing Stevia in Greenhouse :
Generally, stevia plants grow in acid soils and therefore they are moist but did not covered with water. Following simple techniques you will grow it in your greenhouse. It can be a successful garden in most cold climates. Stevia needs warm atmosphere. And you can create it in greenhouse by using lighting system. It is weak perennial. You can use Stevia by replacing growing plants every few year. It is planted after the last frost and treated as an annual. Stevia needs sandy soil. By incorporating organic method you can improve heavy, high clay soils. If soil is poor use good compost and improve soil level. Good compost for stevia can be made of leaves grass, hay, kitchen waist, manure, and other organic material. Apply the compost in the soil before planting stevia in the greenhouse. It does not tolerate salty soil. Use media test after using compost in the soil. You can also use bone meal, blood meal, cottonseed meal, guano, and other raw material to increase nitrogen power of the soil. Minerals, potassium, these are essential for stevia. Dry, warm, and drafty location may cause to bad effect on it. Make a bunch of few plants and bind them together at the stem end with a rubber bad. Then slip a paper clip bent into ‘S’ shape under the rubber band and hang them by the other end of the paperclip. If there are more plants in a bunch, hang them from strings or wires strung across the ceiling. After that they will grow. There will be leaves from the stems. Collect them and store in a clean container for a year. Unless complete growth green stevia you cannot make powder. You can use kitchen blender, food processor, or coffee grinder with metal beds to make powder. Use a clean jar for long - term storage. You can also use light system with automatic timer in greenhouse. March is the best time for cutting and may or June is good for transplanting. Make own natural compound. Medium grade horticulture mineral works well for rooting stevia. Use small pots, or sell packs with drainage holes in flats or trays for to water if needed. Cut them with sharp blade or cutting tool. Each cutting should have two to three nodes.
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